Social Media Graphics Checklist
Are you frustrated by all the different image sizes and banner sizes required by the various social media sites? Every time you find a good masthead image for Facebook, you realize it won’t work well anywhere else. We got tired of trying to remember or look up all the image sizes so we created this cheat sheet with the sizes and rules for all the major social media platforms. Of course, this checklist is only good until somebody changes their format, so get it fast and get all your graphics in sync! Social Media Graphis...
read moreThe economical one page website
The rise of social media has changed how websites are used. As more discussion, promotion and photos move to social media, the traditional website becomes either smaller, or a redundant copy of data that also exists on social media. Many individuals and small groups start with a Facebook page or Twitter feed and then look toward a traditional website to gain search engine placement. But, with all their content already on social media sites, they dread the extra work of maintaining another copy of it on a website. Enter the one page website. The one page website goes back to the old strategy...
read moreWould Jesus Use Social Media?
I grew up in a couple pretty conservative churches where it was common to look for “scriptural authority” to do new things. It wasn’t a challenge, it was just their way of testing new ideas to make sure they weren’t going astray. Consequently, I’ve been asked multiple times “Would Jesus use social media?” It’s both a fair and honest question. We are encouraging churches to jump on Facebook and Twitter and who knows what else — is this really someplace the church needs to be? Aren’t there risks and dangers? My answer is always the...
read moreNew research: 67% of American online adults are Facebook users
A new research report released on Feb 5, 2013 by Pew Internet shows that over two-thirds of American online adults are Facebook users. This represents more than half the US adult population. Social networking sites are also be accessed more frequently that before. On a typical day nearly half all adult internet users access a social network site. Almost half them reporting accessing the site several times a day. This means Facebook and other social media are excellent tools for reaching American adults across all demographics. Survey results...
read moreShould you stop using GoDaddy?
On September 10, 2012 GoDaddy was attacked by a hacker organization and almost all of their client sites were inaccessible for most of the day. Ultimately GoDaddy was able to restore service, no sites were lost, and no client data was compromised, but many other vendors took advantage of the opportunity to invite GoDaddy customers to move to a “better” service. So today’s question is “should you move your site off GoDaddy?” In interest of full disclosure, I have to say that we use and recommend GoDaddy for DNS services. We don’t recommend their hosting...
read moreFacebook for Business: Tips & Tricks
Social media is the new frontier in marketing and customer support. It offers unprecedented ways to reach new customers and enrich existing customer relationships. Here are some tips specifically on using Facebook for business: Offer a special deal to Facebook fans. Show your appreciation to people who “Like” your page by offering a coupon or special deal. When people “Like” your page it shows up on their wall and all their friends can see it. Post behind-the-scenes content. Social media fans like to be considered insiders. Post behind-the-scenes photos, or comments about the business...
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